Fastening for boxes and other articles



A. W. L. SCHERMULY.

FASTENING FOR BOXES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 12; 1919.

1,406,090. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET1.

' INVENTOK m SW A. W. L. SCHERMULY. FASTENING FOR BOXES AND OTHERARTICLES.

APPLICATIQN FILED SEPT-.12, I919- 7 1,406,090. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET-ZI INVENTQK AUGUSTUS WILLIAM LOUIS SCHERMULY, 0F SUTTON,ENGLAND.

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Specification of Letters latent,

Patented Feb, 7,1922.-

Applicatlonfiled September 12,1919. serial lq'o. 323,424.

(GRANTED mums, THE, rnpvrsrons or runner. or MARCH/3,1921, 41 STAT. T..,i313.

To all whom it mag concern;

Be it known thatI, A-ueosrus WILLIAM LoUIs SCHERMULY, a subject of theKing of GreatBritain, residing at Stonecroft, Stone Cot Hill, Sutton, in'the county ofSurrey, Eng nd, haveinv n dm w an vv sefi l mpr m t n stni s f f Bn e j n th rti es; 91" wh h. application England Nov, 22,191'],

Paar. 0, 118;3 4: fvhich h llow n is a p c f cat on r The fastenings to,which my invention relates are ofthe kind inwhich arts, of, thefastening respectively on the ho y part, and the lid of the box, orequivalent, part sofother articles to b6;S6CllIfdf(S1lh for ex ample asthe hatchways of; ships) are en gaged with ,eachother. and;th en, by alevering action, drawn tight and held in the closed, or securing,position.

My invention has for itsobj ect to v provide a fastening of theaforesaid kindwhich is very simple in construction and operation andwill enable very tight, or secure, closure of the box, or the like, tobe effected with facility, the opening of the box, or the like, beingalso very readily effected. In describing my inventionI will presumethat my improved fastening is to be applied to a box which it is desiredto close tightly by the lid bearing upon rubber, or other elasticmaterial, between it and the body of the box and from this descriptionits application to analogous purposes will also be understood.

According to m invention the fastening consists of a loop-s aped piece,hinged to the body of the box, and with undercuts, or hooks, in the twoside members, of the loop, and of a bar-like piece, hinged at its upperend to the lid, of the box and adapted, when in its fastening position,to come between the side members of the loop-shaped piece, the saidbar-like piece carrying a cross-piece which can be brought intoengagement with the undercuts, or hooks, of the aforesaid loop-shapedpiece.

The accompanying drawing represents a fastening constructed inaccordance with my invention, applied to a box, but I do notlimit'myself to applying the fastening to securing the lid of a box, asit will be evident that the said fastening can be applied in other caseswhere a closure of an analogous kind is to be secured,

I have piece d of the said bar-like piece can be en- Figure 1 shows thebox with the fasten- 1ng undone and the lid raisedandFigures 2 and 3 are elevations of ater the box (drawn to a larger scale) showing the lidclosed and secured by the fastenings. F 4 1s a detail of a modified formof the cross he I The loop-shaped piecea is hin ed at b to projections'c from the body A of the box the said piece a having undercuts or hooksa, in itstwo side member's, The bar-like piece dishinged, at e,,toprojections f fromthe lid B ofthebox and earr1es,"at its mwtmna; a crosspiece 4?. This cross-piece can, if ired; b m d a justa y Providing itwith a screw-nut 0F which will screw u on a screw-thread dfat theend ofthe barike, piece 03 and can .be fixed in its adju sted tion bytheset-screw 'as 'sho wn (drawn toj alerg r-sc h) nEigu e v To fastenthe lidB in its closed; position the loop-shapedpiece a is raisedand thebar-like piece d lowered so that the crossgaged with the undercuts, orbooks, a (which I term hooks) in the two side members of the saidloop-shaped piece a and then, by forcing down the said 'loop shapedpiece the bar-like piece d is drawn down with considerable force andconse quently the lid is tightly'closed and, as the hinge-joint 0 of theloop-shaped piece a is outward of the hinge-j oint of the bar-shapedpiece (as illustrated in Figure 3), the said loop-shaped piece will, onbeing pressed towards the side of the box, pass the vertical plane inwhich its joint is situated and thus securely fasten the box lid.

The box is shown as having an inner top piece A with a hole A? in it andthe lid as having a circular projection B carrying a rubber ring B tomake a tight closure when the lid B is closed, but this of course isonly an example and the invention is not in any way dependent on this.

If desired the body of the box can, (as shewn in dotted lines in Figure3,) be provided with a staple, or eye-piece, g for a padlock 9 the saidstaple, or eye-piece, being so situated that it W111, when theloopshaped iece a is in its lowered and fastening position, passbetween, and project beyond, the side members of the said loopshapedpiece which is made long enough to be desired to give a yielding action,have a covering of material, such as a tube, or

tubes, of rubber.

Wha'tI claim is v 1. A fastening for box lids or the like, consisting ofa loop-shaped piece, hinged to thebody of the box and provided with bhooks, in the side members of the loop and of a barlike piece hinged tothe other of the parts to'be fastened together and adapted, when in itsclosed position, to come between the side members of the loop-shapedpiece, the lower end of the said bar-like piece being provided withacross-piece which can be brought into engagement with the hooks of thesaid loop-shaped piece.

:2. A device of the type specified in claim 1, in combination with aneye secured to the box beyond the range of the lower part of thebar-like piece and projecting through the end portion of the loop-shapedpiece,

whenv in the closed position as hereinbefore explained.

3. A fastening device of the character described, comprising a T-barpivoted to one member, a cooperating pivoted U-bar pivoted to acooperating member and between the legs of which said T-bar lies inlocking position, together with hooks on the legs of the U-bar engagingthe cross piece of the T-bar and moving the latter over center withrelationto the pivot of the U-' bar in looking position! 4%.. Afastening device of the character described, comprising a pivoted T-bar,a cooperating pivoted U-bar betweenthelegs of which said T -bar lies inlocking; position, together with hooks on the'legs of-the U- ar engagingthe cross piece of the, T-bar and moving the latter over center withrelation to the pivot of the U-bar in locking position, in combinationwith an eye located to pass between the legs ofthe U-bar adjacenttheconnecting strap at the free end of the latter in locking positionand serving to receive the shackle of a padlock or the like to securethe parts in locked re lationshipf g In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

AUGUSTUS WILLIAM LOUIS SCHERMULY. 'Witnesses:

V Eown, GEO; 'DAviEs, ALBERT DAVIES.

